Dose assessment of diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures is necessary to
further optimize respective procedure, estimate radiation risk, improve
radiation safety and verify compliance of local practice with guidelines. In
line with Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM, patient medical documentation
should include information related to radiation exposure. The aim of this
work is to present the patient radiation dose assessment system designed for
routine clinical use, that uses in-house designed worksheets for dose
calculation based on relevant parameters introduced by the ICRP
publications. Dose reports provide information about the absorbed dose
delivered to the target and non-target organs of interest and the effective
dose for each diagnostic procedure. The data from the dose reports was used
to investigate average patient exposure levels during a one-year period and
the results are presented. The implemented system has improved the quality
of services provided and understanding of radiation risks. Moreover, the
presented results have stimulated further optimization of nuclear medicine
processes.
Uncertainty of fast biological radiation dose assessment for emergency response scenarios
